...trees, and is thought by some to be "a relic of the heathen sacrifice to Pomona." Herrick sings, — " Wassaile the trees that they may beare You many a plum and many a peare ; For more or less fruits they will bring As you so give them wassailing." Our poets have as yet a better right to...

...In Devon they still bless the orchards on Christmas-eve, according to the old verses : — Wassail the trees, that they may beare You many a plum, and many a peare : For more or less fruits they will bring As you do give them wassailing. In some places, they walk in procession...

...Eve, and in Herrick's " Hesperides " he enumerates it among the Christmas ceremonies — AVassaile the trees that they may beare You many a plum and many a peare ; For more or lesse fruits they will bring Aa you do give them wassailing. There is an old saying that when it rains...

...bearing plentifully the ensuing year, according to the observation of Robert Herrick : — " Wassalle the trees, that they may beare You many a plum, and...they will bring, And you do give them wassailing." The wassail, — a word transferred from the custom of drinking healths to the bowl, and particularly...

...bearing plentifully the ensuing year, according to the observation of Robert Herrick : — " Waasaile the trees, that they may beare You many a plum, and...they will bring, And you do give them wassailing." The wassail, — a word transferred from the custom of drinking healths to the bowl, and particularly...

...insure its bearing plentifully the ensuing year, according to the observation of Robert Herrick : — " Wassaile the trees, that they may beare You many a plum, and many a peare ; For more or lesse fruits they will bring, And you do give them wassailing." The wassail, — a word transferred...

...insure its bearing plentifully the ensuing year, according to the observation of Robert Herrick : — " Wassaile the trees, that they may beare You many a plum, and many a pearc ; For more or lease frnits they will bring, And you do give them wassailing." The wassail, —...

...practice of wassailing the trees, to insure their future fruitfulness, — mentioned by Herrick : — " Wassaile the trees, that they may beare You many a plum, and many a peare ; For more or lesse fruits they will bring, As you do give them wassailing." The merry bowl which (notwithstanding...

...to your defire ; Unwafht hands, ye Maidens, know, Dead the Fire, though ye blow. w Another. Aflaile the Trees, that they may beare You many a Plum, and many a Peare : For more or lefle fruits they will bring, As you doe give them Waflailing. Power and Peace. '' I v/r never, or...

...subject calls to mind Herrick's 'Christmasse Eve, an other Cérémonie ' : — Waísaile the Тгеев, that they may beare You many a Plum, and many a Peare ; For more or léese fruits they will bring, AB you doe give them Wassailing. 'The Complete Poems of Robert Herrick,'...